BlackRock, Inc. vs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., two Financial Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BLK and GS diverge most: on altman z (solvency), BLK reads 1.16 and GS reads 0.22; on return on assets, BLK reads 3.7% and GS reads 1.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What GS's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (earnings-power basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BLK | GS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1081.53 | $895.32 |
| Market cap | $178.1B | $260.7B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 25.9 | 13.8 |
| P/B | 3.08 | 2.12 |
| P/S | 6.52 | 3.94 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.6 | 41.2 |
| Revenue growth | +26.6% | +17.6% |
| Operating margin | 34.7% | — |
| Net margin | 24.1% | 31.7% |
| Return on equity | 11.4% | 17.1% |
| Return on assets | 3.7% | 1.0% |
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | 1.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 0.09 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.16 | 0.22 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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